Vote dreamesh!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

i usually don't post about weddings. but this time, i just have to. look what i found via once wed, hannah & kyle's wedding.oh, perfection. note to myself: make a similar one for our 10th anniversary, then another one on our 25th. i could never get enough of this!

my husband kept his grandma's side lamps for years now. and just recently, i was inspired to reupholster them!first, i just had to paint the lamp stands white. then, i used one of my batik fabric to cover the lamp shades.much more better, or dare i say, amazing.

Friday, October 30, 2009

i prepared these DIY round paper fans made from pale pink and light grey papers and ice cream sticks to thank the guests for coming. i put them in a box near the entrance so anyone could take one before heading out or in. the guests (mostly the big ones, though) love them!i promise you this is my last post about yuara's birthday party. oh, surely hope am not boring you! look forward for my other DIY projects starting tomorrow. can't wait, can't wait. see you real soon.

for yuara's dots party, we had wall drawing, face painting, bubble blowing, and block building. oh, i also prepared kids play dough, board games, and the famous ball pool - i tried to make the little invitees entertained at all times. anyway, this is how the party looked like. yes, we had balloons floating and chocolate fountain, my best friends lent it to us for the whole day. thanks tia and tobi!most of the party pictures were taken by my brother, ilen budiristio, and his girlfriend, tara amelz (including the first photo on the left from party snacks, both from thank you, and a couple from party people).

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

for coming to yuara's dots party. for the birthday gifts. for the lovely wishes. for simply remembering. and of course, for enduring my talk about the event :P it was a wonderful experience. thanks again.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

i found another master of cakes and cupcakes. this time, she's reachable! eventhough vin's cakes is bandung based (2-3 hours from jakarta where i live), the cake came early on D-day. plus, she was also terribly kind to accept my last minute order - my best friend who was supposed to bake yuara's birthday cupcakes had a 'force majeure'. so now it's official, vin's cakes is my new favorite cake maker! here are the before and after pictures of how tasty the mickey mouse clubhouse cake was. when the party ended, this was the leftover! what can i say, yuara's birthday cake was a huge success.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

so it's blogging time! am starting with yuara's invitation. i made the concept and tara amelz did the photoshop. i love how it turned out - although the one you see here is slightly different than the actual version.simple yet fun. the invi for my boy's dots party.

thank goodness i never throw away any old food jar and keep them safe in the back of my cupboard. i knew one day they would come in handy. all i needed to do was decorate the lid with some leftover fabric and squeeze in my favorite mint candy sticks.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

this is super duper easy! since am such a lazy mom, i didn't even use the sewing machine. i just doubletaped my flags altogether. i think you can't really see the difference ;)paper boat garland? check. pennant banner? check. will take a good photo of the goodies too. so, stay tuned.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

since both of us come from big families (lots of cousins and a whole lot more of nieces and nephews), the small birthday party we intended to make turns out to be slightly bigger. am not complaining though, but this also means more decoration! so i planned to decorate the house with paper boat garlands. but not the whole house, because i also made some pennant banners (more on that to come) and bought plenty of balloons. effortlessly cute. i think they will go perfectly with all the snacks and kids activities.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

a girlfriend from my previous workplace buzzed me last night. she and i got close when we were sent to paris for covering some event. anyway, she asked one very interesting question: if you could send a letter to your ten years younger self, what would it say? i thought for a minute then answered: 'dear amesh, life turns out great. never change yourself!'my life IS great and am thankful for that. i wonder now why i was so worried back then. this photo was taken under the eiffel tower by her, intan iskandar.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

needs one fresh flower arrangement. how fresh you ask?i filled my big glass vase with water and scattered flowers. next, i put one sliced watermelon on top of the vase as a medium to stab some flower stem. niiice! so nice that it was featured in CosmoGIRL! years ago. the photo itself was taken by my good friend Adi Nugroho.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

i ordered this fancy necklace from eclectica (i always wonder when tara will start her own shop at etsy).wearing it makes me want to do a plie in tutu skirt. after all, am still a little girl in ballet shoes at heart :)

last month, my husband and i found this cable spool on a sidewalk in front of some abandoned house. so we took it inside our small car and drove home.

last weekend, i asked our handyman to help us make a new coffee table out of it. at first, he just stood there and looked at me. so i showed him my inspiration, it's a mad mission's work from design*sponge. i assured him that it could be done :)

he gained a bit of confidence, pulled out sharp metal staples, added gypsum boards to cover the spool's top and bottom, painted black the whole thing, and glued on our leftover wallpaper. now here it is, our new cable spool table.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

i don't know why i can never resist a good printed fabric. everytime i go to the fabric market for something, i always come home with more! sigh. for the sake of cutting my shopping expenses, i wish i was a textile designer - like these three.

but for now, i think being a fabric hunter will have to suffice. especially when am always accompanied by my handsome assistant who now knows how to point and ask, "apa itu?" (translation: what's that?). here is a picture of him while we were fabric hunting for his dots birthday party.

Monday, October 12, 2009

i didn't know where to put yuara's future birthday cupcakes until i came across some lovely recycled cakestand from design*sponge. inspired, i tried to make them over the weekend. but instead of candle holders or thin vases, i use my ice cream glasses. i think they look nicer.oh wow, love them! simple project, beautiful result, and one very happy crafter.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

eventhough we don't have fall season here in indonesia, it's actually my favorite! back when i lived in paris, i always enjoyed the only time of the year when all the leaves turning orange and falling from the trees. hmmm. anyway, these two are my lovely reminder of how much i love autumn.

hi, it's me.

born in france, but both my parents are indonesians. lived my whole life in indonesia (minus those couple years back in paris). worked as a radio announcer + reporter and a magazine journalist + editor for quite some time. now, am simply a freelance writer + editor, a wife + mother, but always always, a dreamer. this blog is my collection of inspirations that makes (or made) my dreams come true!